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I don't know about some of this, but he touches on my pet peeve of this arguement and that is the arrogence of academia when it comes to ID, and actually to most arguements. The air of all knowingness and the willingness to look down their noses at anyone who would dare believe in something other than what they publish is the most irritating part of all of this. Either you believe in ID, or you are somekind of 18th churchhouse knuckledragger.

WTF???? http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories....04237328&EDATE=

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) [sammysosa'spenisaftersteroiduse] quickly followed by [sammysosaspaycheck]

This has gone on way past it usefulness...

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 02:41 PM) One side would accept it. The other would ridicule it. Regardless of outcome. ^^^

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 02:31 PM) Just for the sake of discussion, what if a law was passed making all strikes illegal? I don't think that would pass consititutional muster to be honest. It is one thing to declare a vital group unable to strike. Like i said earlier, I really don't think I want to see someone like police officers or firefighters walk off of the job. But it is quite another to say that Wal-Mart greeters couldn't go on strike. I guess my point is there is a reason the strike is illegal.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) I think their lineup is set. Rafael Furcal SS Kenny Lofton CF J.D. Drew RF Jeff Kent 2B Nomar Garciaparra 1B Jose Cruz LF Bill Mueller 3B Dioner Navarro C They need another starting pitcher now. I will be the first to go on record to say the Dodgers will suck with that line up. I'll bet that group misses 300 games next year between all of them.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) You, sir, are worse than Hitler. Pfft. See if I defend you again.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 01:23 PM) If they take the stories that his site actually authors, I think it would move much further in one direction. Those were omitted for a reason. They are opinion pieces, and not meant to be fact. They are looking more at how the facts are reported, and what facts are reported.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 02:03 PM) It won't be absolutely definitive because the WH will be able to find at least one expert willing to accept the broad war powers interpretation they are pushing. But the more recognized experts who line up to side against that interpretation, the harder it's going to be for the WH to stifle a full investigation. To be honest this needs to go to the Supreme Court to establish the consititutionality of all of this. Forget the regular courts, this needs to have a definative answer.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 12:26 PM) Deng out as well no? Deng is still a game time decesion according to the Trib, I don't know if that has changed this morning.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 12:25 PM) [MyCrushonRex] [KerryWood'sCareer] [JasonGage'sLoveLife] [porkchopslovelife]

I guess this is an interesting place to mention this... UCLA did a media study on the respective news sites and networks. It is kinda interesting, but since Drudge is specifically mentioned, this study actually ranks it as Centrist. http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664

Bold prediction here... The Sox break the 3 million fan barrier for the first time in franchise history in 2006.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 11:43 AM) What's more tiresome is seeing every member of the team get a clever nickname like jizz or el puke or dumbasso, etc. ^^^ No joke. I am glad to see these guys go just so I don't have to listen to the over the ledge crowd complain about them... unfortunately, they will just find someone else to b**** about, just call it faith.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) Except for the Willie lovers. Hey you leave Rex out of this

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 11:27 AM) How about a big hand for Craig Landis...Thome's agent and also, Konerko's agent. With Thome we get Konerko...with Konerko we get Thome. Ahhhh, I love agents. And Jon Garlands agent...

As if I needed more evidence to dislike this clown, and believe in the line item veto. So senators, are you for the poor hurricane victims starving, the poor who can't afford heat, freezing, and sealing our borders against illegal aliens who are streaming into the US, or are you for murdering the enviornment for a few drops of oil?

According to the Trib, Okafor is out with a serious ankle twist.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 06:24 AM) Oh and we're STILL waiting for the person to who this thread was started for to address the issue. [crickets] [tumbleweeds] [paintdries] [grassgrows] [cubsinseptember]

QUOTE(JimH @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 10:35 AM) Daily Southtown reports that the next White Sox announcement may be Contreras' contract extension. Cowley indicated talks heated up Monday afternoon. No big surprise there... I think the Sox tried to get him on the cheap, but it didn't work. Now they are coming back with their real offer and are going to get something done quickly. With Garland obviously wanting to get the big payday, Contreras getting a deal done is vital for the Sox, and I think Contreras controlling his playing situation makes it almost as important to him. Its a marriage made on the Southside.

Damn you're old

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 10:03 AM) The MTA has agreed to leave pension age alone as of their last offer at about midnight last night. The sticking point is regarding pension contributions. The MTA wants that tripled. The TWU doesn't. I understand that a lot of people have it worse with regard to raises, but there are reasons why people unionize, one of which is to increase their bargaining power. If they weren't union, they wouldn't have a contract at all. A conductor starting on the MTA gets approximately 42K a year if I remember correctly. Although that may seem great for a lot of people, keep in mind that its hard to find a studio apartment anywhere in NYC for under 1000 dollars a month. I live in suburban New Jersey, and find it impossible to get by on my own at under 35K a year. My rent is 900 a month for a one bedroom. And that was a great deal and took four full weeks of searching to find. I don't have any problems with them wanting more money. God knows that why I had been looking for a job for 3 years plus. Them looking for an 8% raise kinda blew me away, but looking at how quickly they came down really said that was just a negotiating ploy to me. What I do have a problem with is them going on strike. It is illegal, flat out. Its not like these guys are working for someone that doesn't really affect anyone else. When the transit workers go on strike it is the working poor who cannot get to work, not the middle class and higher who either have cars or know someone who has a car to get a ride with. There is a reason this is illegal, and it serves as a bad example for a vital group. What if the NYC police or firefighters decided they didn't like the raise they got offered and went out on strike? I know that example is a little more extreme, but the same idea. The transit workers provide a vital function to NYC and its greater metro area. As I said earlier they are estimating a net loss of nearly half a billion dollars a day by this illegal activity. Just for perspectives sake, one day of this strike would cost enough for the bridge to nowhere that everyone is so upset about in Alaska as an example of extreme waste. I don't have a problem with the workers trying to get what is best for them. Capitalism works both ways as far as I am concerned. I have a big problem with an illegal activity.

Join the rest of the world... I haven't seen more than a 3% raise since 2000. At the sametime my insurance costs have tripled. In terms of real dollars, not including inflation even, it took me until this job I just started to be making more than I was in 2000. From what I read the big sticking point with pensions was raising the age that you could collect them from 55 to 62. Also it doesn't sound like that surplus will last very long from what I was reading FWIW.